JJH. 42.] Government oj India Aa, 10J.J. ['25 & 26 GEO. 5.]

A.D. :95o, 345.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part of
p/fflTxiv. this Act and to the rules and standing orders regulating
* —eont. ' the procedure of the Legislature., there shall be freedom
Privileges, of speech in the Legislature, and no member of the Legis-
lature shall be liable to any proceedings in any court in
respect of anything said or any vote given by him in the
Legislature or any committee* thereof, and no person
shall be so liable in respect of the publication by or under
the authority of a Chamber of the Legislature of any
report, paper, votes or proceedings.

(2) In other respects the privileges of members of the
Chambers of the Legislature shall be such as may from
time to time be defined by Act of the Legislature and,
until so defined, shall be such as were immediately before
the commencement of this Part of this Act enjoyed by
members of the Legislative Council of Burma.

(3) ^Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provi-
sions of this section, nothing in this Part of this Act shall
be construed as conferring, or empowering the Legislature
to confer, on either Chamber thereof or on both Chambers
sitting together, or on any committee or officer of the
Legislature, the status of a court, or any punitive or dis-
ciplinary powers other than the power to remove or
exclude * per sons infringing the rules or standing orders,
or otherwise behaving in a disorderly manner.

(4) Provision may be made by an Act of the Legis-
lature for the punishment, on conviction before a court,
of persons who refuse to give evidence or produce docu-
ments before a committee of a chamber when duly required
hy the chairman of the committee so to do :

Provided that any such Act shall have effect subject
to such rules for regulating the attendance before such
committees of persons who are, or have been, in the service
•of the Crown in India or Burma, and safeguarding confi-
dential matter from disclosure, as may be made by the
'Governor exercising his individual judgment,

(5) The provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this
section shall apply in relation to persons who by virtue of
this Act have the right to speak in, and otherwise take
part in the proceedings offc a Chamber as they apply in
relation to members of the Legislature.

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